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About Rosita
I am proud to share my student's vast array of musical successes. From being cast on short anime films and musicals to being accepted into prestigious performing arts academies to conquering the Karaoke scene. My passion for multiple languages and love of music is the desire driving me to share the gifts for teaching young children to open the door to their own musical abilities an
I will make sure my students have fun and help them get in the right track to their musical goals.
Also, I constantly upload videos on Singing, The Spanish Language, and Japanese! So keep Checking in! It ranges on tips and answering the most common questions on those particular subjects!
Also There are discounted rates for worship teams and church choirs. For more information please contact me through the "Ask a Question feature"
*** Lesson Details ***
I do my absolute best to create a positive atmosphere for my students. Even when the students feel frustrated or stressed, it is important to inspire them and give them the fuel that they need. Though I am strict when it comes to homework and their about their studies. Every lesson at the beginning I will review what we learned previously and test them.
then begin with proper breathing technique exercises, the cornerstone of all vocals. We move on to vocal exercises to condition the voice. Then we work on the songs that you are eager to sing!
I will use a piano when doing vocal warm ups and conditioning exercises. Students that play other instruments and accompany themselves when performing (such as a guitar) are encouraged to bring that instrument to their lessons. My goal is for them to gain the knowledge that they need to help reach their artistic goals.
With all my lessons every student will be taught a basic run down of Music Theory. My students will always progress in what they do. They will have the discipline that they need and yet have fun and be filled with inspiration. Which is the most important thing, to be Inspired to do better.
*** Studio Equipment ***
iMac, condensing mic...performing mic, keyboard, mixer...living room of apartment.
*** Travel Equipment ***
I do have a portable keyboard. Though I do expect the student to have their own recording device and karaoke tracks. At Home I do have a studio, and if the students has an iPod or an Mp3 player I can attach it to a device where all of us can hear the tracks. I do have a recording studio as well.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in Musical Theatre, and Pop rock genres. When I teach my students I always have them learn a song of another language whether it's Spanish or Japanese. It helps with diction when they learn a song outside the English Language. Also It helps them to learn another Language at the same time. Also I give them a little anatomy class when they are learning how to sing. I give them a model of the vocal Chords and different areas of the Larynx and which part works for the chest voice and the head voice.
Special packages now Available (Not Available Online for purchase! Please call Takelessons for booking)
If you can Speak you can Sing- Always wanted to learn how to sing and learn a new language? In this package we will do both! With 4 singing lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) to learn the proper technique to improve the voice and 4-languages lessons (English, Spanish or Japanese, 30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) ) to learn the grammar structure and get you conversing with a native speaker! Plus you will learn how to sing a song in the language you chose! This will be 2 classes a week or 2 classes every other week. This means one singing lesson a week and one language lesson a week. If you have kids this is perfect for the summer!
$225 for 30 minute lessons.
$300 for 60 minute lessons.
Let's Sing Anime! Do you love singing to those openings and Ending theme songs when watching your favorite Anime? I do! What can I say I'm an Anime Nerd. With this package you'll get 4 Singing lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) and 4- hour Japanese lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) ! Let's learn how to sing those songs right and know what they mean without reading those subtitles!
$225 for 30 minute lessons.
$300 for 60 minute lessons.
If you will like more information Click "Ask a Question" and all questions will go directly to me!
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Rosita R.
Rosita R.
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About Teresa
These stories and her own passion for music-making inform her approach. A degreed music educator and multi-instrumentalist, she celebrates and uses the musical interests of her students to move them forward. She has three grown sons, including two touring musicians. Their musical lives also influence her work with children, young people, and adults. The point is to celebrate and develop each student's unique, interest-based musical self-expression.
In her home teaching studio in Sherwood Forest, CA, 30 minutes
45-minute and 60-minute sessions are also available as needed. Teresa recommends 45 minutes to an hour for audition preparation.
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· Ukulele · In studio
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Teresa Y.
Teresa Y.
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She is wonderful and I'm very excited about our future classes.
I'm thrilled that I found her.
Alexandra W.
Alexandra W.
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About Lindsay
I am enthusiastic about teaching online lessons as well. I find that online training works amazingly well, and is extremely convenient for people with busy schedules.
For Dance - Lindsay teaches ballet, social club, and basic hip hop and tap
Please inquire about rates for semi privates, group, and corporate training.
· Yoga · In home
· Ballet · Online
· Stretching · In home
Lindsay B.
Lindsay B.
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About Danschnieder
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Danschnieder A.
Danschnieder A.
About Howard R.Close
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About Howard
*** All Levels, All Styles ***
-Hip Hop
-New Age
-Pop Ballad
*** In Studio or Online ***
Of course it is more enjoyable if you can have lessons in person. But with modern technology, live online lessons come in a close second. I've been teaching for 40 years and I've been doing online lessons for about 7 years. I'm located in West Hills, which is a suburb of Los Angeles. If you are not local, using skype with a webcam works out surprisingly well. I have students in Sydney, London, Hong Kong and many cities throughout the US.
*** Use a Piano or a Keyboard for Practicing ***
I am not fussy if you use a keyboard but it needs to be a "weighted action" keyboard, so that it feels similar to a real piano. Ideally, you should also have a pedal and a stand if you are using an electronic keyboard.
*** Unconventional Approach ***
Each student is taught with a customized approach. You get to tell me what areas you want to focus on. Sometimes there may be a block or something that is a weakness that you need to bolster. Sometimes it is a narrow niche within music that you want to give your attention to. One way that I'm unconventional is that I actually have found that it is NOT better if you practice every day. I recommend that you build in about three days of rest per week. Just like people who work out at the gym learn that the off days are when the muscles regenerate, the same is true for your brain. This allows your subconscious mind to do its job and your progress will actually be faster, not slower. Another example of my unique approach is how I treat beginners. Even though you may not yet read music very well or at all, it doesn't mean that you can't start working concurrently on a more advanced piece. This is because READING notation is a comparatively slow process, but why should we restrict your ability to play something that you love to your rate of reading music? Usually, our FINGER TECHNIQUE develops much faster than our READING so I'm happy to guide you on one or two more difficult pieces and help spoon-feed it to you, bit by bit, "by rote."
*** Areas of Focus ***
-Finger Technique. How to play fast with ultimate control.
-Sight-Reading How to Read Music at Sight
-Rhythm Training
-Music Theory
-Relaxation, Removing Unnecessary Tension
-Practice-Optimization - How to learn more in less time. -How to memorize music.
-Biomechanical Efficiency - Maximum power with minimum effort.
-Improvisation and creativity development techniques
-Composition & Songwriting.
-How to create melodies for your poems and lyrics.
-How to put chords on your melodies.
-How to create "song sheets," lead sheets and how to write music down on paper.
-How to notate your song so others can play it, without knowing how to read music!
-Chord-Reading and How to Play Lead Sheets & Fake Book
-Musical Styles and Piano Arrangements (Pop, Country, Gospel, Blues, R&B, Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Worship, Church, Hymns, Techno, 50s, Jazz, New Age, Folk, Broadway, Pop Ballade, etc.)
-Ear-Training (How to Play by Ear, Playing by Ear)
-Singers' Tools
-Pitch Control Training
-How to Sing Harmony
-Sight-Singing (How to Hear the Notes in Your Mind)
-Self-Accompanying techniques in every style - Learn how to accompany yourself or learn how to accompany singers. (see "Musical Styles" above.)
-Audition Preparation - I will record the melody of the song for you so you can learn it.
-How to put melody to lyrics
-College Preparation
-Performance Anxiety, Stage Fright, Fear
-Releasing Emotional Obstacles to Playing Emotional Blocks, Healing Piano Trauma and Previous Performance Disasters, Piano Therapy
-Learning Disabilities including ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Dyscalculea, Sensory Integration Disorder
-Motiviation Issues - Solving your procrastination and avoidance of your musical growth issues.
-How to Look Like You've Played Piano for Years (for Actors, Singers and Celebrities Who Have A Role Deadline and Need a Crash Course.)
*** Celebrity Piano Teacher ***
Over the years, I've taught many pro musicians and celebrities. These include: Vonda Shepard, David E. Kelley, Dick Gautier, Michelle Pfeiffer, Pray Harper, Peter Horton, Michael Goodrich, Brianna Haynes, Starr Parodi, Briana Evigan, Stuart Ross, Roger Burnley, Chris Hardin, Stu Simone and Ben Bram.
*** Howard's Teachers Go Back To Beethoven ***
I feel grateful that my own training included top teachers of both the "German School" and "Russian School" of piano technique. Generally, the German School teaches how to play with close-to-the-key hand placement preparation and fingering efficiency, and is known for great speed and accuracy. The Russian School teaches how to play with gravity and relaxation and is known for beautiful tone production. Each approach has its strengths and weaknesses. In my own playing and teaching, I have incorporated the good aspects of each and have discarded the bad. The result is a blueprint for biomechanical efficiency and beautiful sound, making it the best of both worlds. Please see the photo of the "piano lineage chart."
· Piano · In home
· Piano · Online
We moved from Los Angeles so we chose to transition from lessons in Howard's house to weekly lessons online - it continues to work beautifully.
Howard can accommodate any style of student - I know because I took lessons from Howard myself until my work built up too much to continue.
I recommend Howard without any reservation.
· Piano · In studio
If you want to experience a paradigm shift in your playing, get ready to open yourself to a new way of thinking and playing that will lift you up! If your attitude to learn matches Howard's abilities to teach you will not believe the progress you will make. Its true what they say, when you are ready the master will come! I hope you are ready because Howard is the real deal!!!
Enjoy your paradigm shift!!!
Howard R.
Howard R.
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About Michaela
My name is Michaela, I'm a graduate from the University of North Florida with a degree in nutrition and dietetics.
As long as I can remember, I have always been intrigued by how food can affect the human body. I grew up in the dance world where body image was everything. The dance world can be a wonderful and rewarding place full of structure and creativity, but it can also be brutal and dark. Dancers are always pushing their bodies to the limit and constantly challenging themselves to be better. I saw many girls struggling with their body image often eating close to nothing or making them selves throw up just to stay skinny. As I got older I realized that the nutritional resources and support came into play way too late and that proper nutrition guidance was necessary at an early age. Luckily, I had a wonderful support sy
Work with me for:
- Customized lifestyle recommendations
- Personalized eating plans
- Answers to nutrition related questions
- Enhance motivation to improve health
- Exercise plans and coaching
I look forward to working with you! :)
· Nutrition · In home
· Nutrition · Online
I highly recommended- 👍👍
Michaela P.
Michaela P.
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About Reshma
Thank you for viewing my profile. My name is Reshma, British and also Indian. :)
I have been practicing yoga since my twenties, over 13 years now! It is a passion of mine and keeps me very well balanced. It is amazing for wellbeing, flexibility and a great meditation. My practice has grown over the years from practicing with many teachers and staying in ashrams in India.
From the practice came the desire to teach and so here I am!! Qualified as a Sivananda Yoga Teacher and Bhakti Yoga Shala Vinyasa Flow Teacher.
I would love the opportunity to guide you through your yogic practice and help you on your journey. Please feel free to book me.
Love & Light <3
Reshma D.
Reshma D.
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About Erin
I have experience teach family yoga classes with children ranging from 3-8 years old. As a mother myself I see the importance of teach our children how to be comfortable in their body and stay connected to their breath.
Erin H.
Erin H.
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I have been a practitioner of the spiritual arts and philosophies of yoga and meditation for over 4 years. I started my journey with what theologians refer to as kenosis, which is a self emptying of everything you have been taught through out your life experiences and re-learning from your heart to your head, meaning not only fulfilling your logical perspective of truth, but also your emotional perspective of truth.
I have studied ancient Vedic scriptures such as the Unpanishads from India,Tao Te Ching from Asia, the 3 major monotheistic religions i.e. Judaism, Islam, Christianity. I teach the universal truth of yoga and meditation and how today's society is misinformed wi
I have studied the esoteric arts such as alchemy, hermetics, chakras balancing. I am aware of the art of tarot which I have a personal partner in regards to readings and such.
I have been taught by masters not just on a academic level, but by seekers of self-realization in seclusion that I was fortunate enough to learn and grasp their wisdom.
I am in the process of publishing a book that I wrote regarding spirituality, my book offers a practical guide to self realization, understanding and reconciling the duality of good and evil, and helping with the discovery of your inner divinity.
Take my course and balance your sacred triangle which is your physical, mental, and spiritual state of being. Learn why you are in this physical body, where this physical body came from, and what happens after you are no longer in this physical body.
The goal of life is not the cycle of birth, growth, death. The goal of life is self-realization and that is achieved through yoga and meditation with the experiences of one's life cycle.
· Meditation · In home
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Jonathan H.
Jonathan H.
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If you ask Nicole Richie, her style phases have all aligned with a pop culture moment. "I've gone through every stage from Punky Brewster to Clarissa Explains It All, Reality Bites, Clueless," she tells PEOPLE. "I was that girl, constantly playing around with fashion, playing around with different hair colors, different hairstyles. I still do that, and I probably won't be stopping for a while."
However, "playing" with fashion can have its consequences. "I'm sure that in 10 years I'll be looking back on some things I even wore now and think, 'What the hell was I thinking?'" she jokes.
For as bold as she is with her statements, Richie actually considers her daily style quite basic. "I think of myself as kind of a jeans and T-shirt person who just accessorizes a lot. I am probably an over-accessorizer," she says. "It's really easy to change up jeans and a T-shirt with shoes and sunglasses and a bag. There's a million different ways to go ahead and do that."
That easy routine definitely has to do with being a mom. "I get ready in 20 minutes, and sometimes it looks like I got ready in 20 minutes," she admits. And surprisingly, her kids take notice.
"I was wearing these polka-dot harem pants the other day and my daughter said to me, 'Mom, why are you wearing your pajamas out?'" she recalls. "I was like, oh boy, already getting an opinion."
While Harlow may be tough, Sparrow seems to be less of a critic. "My son always comes up to me and gives me a hug if he thinks I look pretty," she shares. "Their biggest compliment to me if I'm wearing anything with sequins on it, they tell me that I look like a princess."
The star, who just released her first fragrance, Nicole, and has a line for Macy's hitting shelves on Sept. 12, hasn't changed her entire wardrobe to suit her work as a mom, though. "I wear heels if I like them," she says. "I'm lucky in the sense that I'm really good at walking in heels, but I definitely don't wear them for height. I'm 5-ft., 1-in., so the tallest I'm ever getting is 5-ft., 5-in., so who cares about that? So if I'm wearing a heel it's because I actually like the heel — I don't sacrifice comfort for heels." For more with Richie, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
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Broad happy to get overs under his belt after heel injury ahead of Test series
Stuart Broad had to work very hard for meagre rewards today, but was nonetheless encouraged that he is on track for a Test return next week.
Broad took just one wicket - his first of the winter in first-class cricket, after his troubles in India - as a New Zealand XI replied to England's 426 all out with 224 for six.
On the other hand, he got through 15 overs without significant discomfort from the chronic heel injury which compromised his performances before Christmas.
Running in: Stuart Broad was pleased with his run out
Broad has played only limited-overs cricket, before this four-day warm-up match at the Queenstown Events Centre ground, since being dropped for the third Test in Kolkata and then having to fly home early while his team-mates were completing a historic series victory in Nagpur in December.
Hamish Rutherford (90) underlined his credentials as a Test opener - he is in line for a debut in Dunedin - with the major contribution for the hosts on day two of four, after Ian Bell (158) added to his overnight century.
Broad then bowled four spells as he and his fellow seamers laboured long and hard before two late wickets in six balls gave England a spring in their step.
'The heel injury is still around. It's going to be around for quite a while,' said Broad.
'I do need to manage that. It still gets a bit tender towards the back-end of spells but that's to be expected.
Back in action: Broad has returned to action with the England side after injury
'I didn't feel it too much today, and I hope it will pull up pretty well tomorrow.'
He was heartened to have proved to himself and others that he can carry the workload England will need from him if, as expected, he is named as their third seamer next week.
'I'll sleep well tonight,' he said. 'It always takes a bit of getting used to but I got through the spells pretty well; it's an encouraging sign.
'The build-up throughout this tour has been really good for me, starting with Twenty20 cricket, going into the one-day format - and now we have pretty much four back-to-back games.
Talking tactics: Broad talks with captain Alastair Cook
'So the workload is going to be tough. But you just need to manage that well, and I feel like I'm doing that at the moment.
'That's why you play these games. You want time in the field; you want to be able to bowl back-to-back spells, but also you want to win the games.'
England drew a blank with the new ball before lunch, but Broad's eventual figures of one for 35 read well in comparison with those of his fellow frontline seamers Graham Onions and Chris Woakes.
'My action feels really nice at the moment,' he added.
'I feel like I'm hitting the crease hard and getting some good bounce.
'I felt pretty unlucky not to pick up a wicket with that new ball. I had a few plays-and-misses and it nipped around a little bit.'
He gave England an upbeat report collectively too.
'As a bowling unit, I think we're pretty happy with how the day has gone,' he said.
'We maybe could have forced the issue a little bit from 35 to 60 overs, where the ball didn't do a huge amount for us.
'But we kept it pretty tight and at the end of the day, six wickets from 74 overs you'd take against a pretty good side.
'I think the wicket changed quite a bit throughout the afternoon. In the first two hours, there was little bit of seam there with the dampness. But once the sun was on the wicket, it played pretty true throughout the day.'
It was thanks to Jonathan Trott and Graeme Swann that England picked up those two wickets just before stumps.
'We're delighted," said Broad.
'We've got the new ball just around the corner, so we're in a decent position in this game.
'Getting 430 was a pretty good effort on a wicket that seamed pretty much all day yesterday and it looks like - as expected - it's going to flatten out a little bit.
'So it's important we get those four wickets in the next 80 runs.'
For their opponents, Rutherford impressed throughout - all the more so because he had to contend with a wayward contact lens during his innings.
Asked if it was a concern, the opener said: 'Very much so - it went up to my brain somewhere at one point.
'I was struggling to see it.
'There's been an issue over the last month, so I need to get it sorted ASAP.
'It came back down again. But I don't have spare ones here, so I need to sort it out.'
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A week of Calgary Flames development camp has come to an end, and for all us hockey junkies starved for the sound of skate blades hitting the ice, it was a pretty darn good week. While it was tough to get any accurate reads on where exactly the players are at this point, it was still fun to watch and make some observations.
Mikael Backlund was the one guy that some were surprised to see at the camp when the initial roster was announced. However, because the 21 year old is still on his first NHL contract, he was eligible to attend the camp. I thought it might be a little unfair to expect Backlund to be a level above the rest of the prospects…the thinking of some was that he played 23 NHL games last season, so he'd be noticeably more advanced. But, from what I saw, you could tell his comfort level was a little higher. The most noticeable thing was poise from Backlund, which showed in how he read some of the situations during competitive drills. When he attacked the puck, when he decided to lay back a little bit, and how he used positioning were all a little more advanced than some of his campmates.
Other forwards looked good throughout the week as well. Lots of eyes were on Brian Cameron, the 53 goal scorer who ripped things up in his final OHL season. It's clear right off the bat the guy has a knack for the net, and he has great touch around the net. I liked how Mitch Wahl extended plays and drills, using a good little burst to catch up to pucks a little out of his reach in stride. I think he's got some pretty special qualities about him, to be honest, I'm really excited to see him in his frist pro season.
On the blueline, it seems everyone is talking about TJ Brodie, the 2008 fourth round draft pick. He's really seen his stock rise within the Flames organization, and his 33 points in 46 games after a trade to Barrie certainly helped that. But with two straight 50+ point seasons, he showed there is some offensive upside. And I wrote earlier in the week about Tim Erixon, who I enjoyed watching, just because it was my first time watching him in person. He seems to be a skater, from my 100% non-expert view, and he transitions pretty impressively. He's clearly still a project, as his ceiling continues to be evaluated, but I enjoyed watching him.
So, camp is done, White is signed, and now we wait to see what else happens this offseason.


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D.C. tourism 2011: Almost 18 million visit
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourism officials say Washington saw a record 17.9 million visitors last year, surpassing a previous record of 17.4 million set in 2000 before the 9/11 attacks.
Statistics released Tuesday by the tourism bureau Destination D.C. show a 4.1 percent increase in international tourism in 2011, totaling 1.8 million visitors. Washington also counted 16.1 million domestic visitors - a 3.7 percent increase over 2010.
International tourism figures are based on the U.S. Commerce Department's Office of Travel and Tourism Industries statistics.
Figures show visitor spending grew last year by more than 6 percent to reach $6 billion in 2011.
Destination D.C. says more than half the city's sales tax revenue is generated by visitor spending. That means without that revenue, each Washington household would pay about $2,400 more in annual taxes.


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Christ and extraterrestrials
What's the next frontier of theology? Outer space, of course, says Sister Ilia Delio, who comments on our earthly understanding of Christ in "Universal Savior."
If we discovered life on other planets, should we send the missionary ships?
I actually wrote an article on this called "Christ in Extraterrestrial Life." Again, here's where I think Jesus is Christ, but Christ is more than Jesus. I think Christ is the one Word of God that we know is incarnate here, but wherever there is intelligible life in the universe, I think there will be incarnation. If there is life on Mars, the Word will become incarnate there.
The whole point of the incarnation is that God's love becomes visible and concrete so that life may share in that love of God. So wherever there is intelligible life, there will be the Word incarnate. If it's Martian life, it'll be Martian Christ. Wherever God's love is concretely incarnated, there is the Christ. There is only one Christ, but that Christ can be incarnated in many different ways.
Truthfully, we have not thought through this question sufficiently yet, so I think we're just at the beginning of it because I can guarantee that at the fifth-century Council of Chalcedon they weren't thinking about E.T.


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Parts of the Linq, a retail and entertainment complex along the Strip, will open in December, but don't plan to ring in the New Year aboard the world's tallest Ferris wheel. It won't be completed until next year.
Plans call for a part of the restaurants and shops that will populate the 300,000-square-foot pedestrian mall to open their doors in time for New Year's Eve revelers.
"We looked at (New York's) Meatpacking District [and] Third Street Promenade (in Santa Monica)," said Jon Gray, the Linq''s general manager. "It's meant to feel like you're walking down an old street that's been closed to vehicles."
Gray said about a quarter of the businesses would open in December with others to follow in February.
The High Roller, the giant Ferris wheel, is expected to be completed by year's end, but Gray would say only that it would open "during the first half of 2014," after safety tests.
When fully operational, the Linq, which is between the Quad and Flamingo resorts, will feature an outpost of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The museum, complete with a themed restaurant, will front the sidewalk along Las Vegas Boulevard.
Officials at Caesars Entertainment Corp., the parent company, estimate that more than 20 million visitors walk past the site each year.
The mall will also include the only Brooklyn Bowl bowling-and-music venue outside of the popular New York City original. Besides a 2,000-seat performance area, the location will host a restaurant and, of course, a bowling alley.
To the rear of the project, the High Roller is taking shape behind the two resorts. At 550 feet, it will be 9 feet taller than the Singapore Flyer and more than 100 feet taller than the London Eye. The creative team behind both those attractions is also working on the bigger cousin along the Strip.
Each of the Ferris wheel's 28 cabins will hold 40 guests. It will take 30 minutes to make one revolution.
Gray said tickets would be in the $30-$35, comparable to the London ride.
"This is Vegas and we intend to do Vegas right," he said. "This will be a very entertaining experience from start to finish."
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After a 72-hour blitzkrieg of highly-staged press events, all crafted to denounce Mayor Mike McGinn, it is hard to know if Ed Murray is simply trying to close the deal or whether he's deeply worried that McGinn is closing fast.
Whatever the case, Murray has waged a withering assault on the mayor in recent days. Even the most casual observer of the race has to figure something's up when Murray's campaign operatives, led by War Room chief Sandeep Kaushik, out of the blue call a news conference at 5:30 on a Friday afternoon on Beacon Hill to "set the record straight about McGinn's record of failure on broadband, and his desperate, deceptive efforts to rewrite history in the last days of this campaign."
Today, the venue for Murray's latest attack was Occidental Park in Pioneer Square. Flanked by his one-time "team of rivals," as Murray cheerfully referred to his August primary opponents Peter Steinbrueck and Bruce Harrell, the state senator quickly got down to business: "We have a mayor who for almost four years has ignored the issue of public safety."
On he went. "[McGinn's] two years of fighting with the Department of Justice (over SPD accountability) has put us behind," said Murray, standing near the Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Under McGinn, he added, we've had nothing but "chaos" surrounding the issue of public safety.
At times, though, Murray appeared hesitant, unsure of himself. He kept saying there is a perception of rising levels of crime in Seattle, particularly downtown. He also suggested crime, in reality, is spiking, but when challenged with media questions that crime is down across the board, Murray weakly replied, "Not all crimes are down." He did not elaborate as to which ones he was alluding to.
Early in the campaign, Murray warned in an interview with Seattle Weekly that if the fall contest came down to him and McGinn, it would be "the ugliest campaign Seattle has ever seen," clearly intimating that the mayor would make it so.
While Murray's prediction has not been fully realized, one could speculate that Murray, a bird-watcher hobbyist, has seen some polling data that resulted in him adopting a much harsher tone, while campaigning in a more or less frantic mode. (Polls taken in early- and mid-October showed the lawmaker with leads as much as 22 points over the incumbent.)
Of equal concern, perhaps, to the Murray camp is that a lower than usual number of ballots have been returned to King County Elections and that late and undecided voters may be breaking hard for McGinn.
On Saturday, the day after the broadband bash, Ed Murray held a press conference with Planned Parenthood supporters. This was in response to the McGinn campaign's request that Planned Parenthood, which endorsed Murray, also mention that McGinn is ardently pro-choice when they make calls on Murray's behalf.
In fact, as Publicola reported, McGinn staffers "also listed the cell phone number of a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman on Facebook and encouraged McGinn supporters to call her to protest the group's support for Murray" – to which Murray said, "The fact they went so far as to put staff members' personal cell phone numbers on Facebook amounts to cyberbulling."
But in the press release announcing the event, Sandeep Kaushik wrote that Murray planned to "respond to the ugly scorched earth tactics deployed by the McGinn campaign against Planned Parenthood and other groups because they dared to endorse Ed Murray."
Ugly scorched earth tactics?
Does this sound like the words of a campaign up by double-digits?


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This week I've been thinking about photographs I wish someone had taken, both from my own life and from the lives of ancestors. Yes, I know, wishing never accomplished anything, but it does pass the time and there's the slightest possibility that some other family member may have the very photographs on my wish list.
These are the photographs I wish existed.
- The trike I used as a young child. It was a positively dandy trike. Not your little 12- or 18-inch miniature thing, but a real trike. I think the handlebars were probably 30 inches high. It had a wide rear wheel-base, which meant few spills. And unlike the image at right, it had a platform between the back wheels where another child could stand, hold onto my back, and we could wheel around together. As far as I know, no photo exists.
- While I'm talking about wheeled vehicles, I wish someone had taken a photo of me on the big bicycle I learned to ride before I was tall enough to sit on the seat. It had been my aunt's, was handed down to my brother, then to my sister, then to me. It was one of those old-fashioned affairs with wide handlebars, wide wheels, and a wide seat. It was as heavy as all get-out. Yet somehow, as a 6 or 7 year-old, I learned to ride it while standing on the wheels to balance and pedal. (Above, my 6'4" tall brother-in-law is about to give his son a ride on it.)
- Couples on their wedding days. While the newspaper description of my mom in her wedding dress (a gown of blue velvet with a cameo brooch... an arm bouquet of pink roses) is helpful, it's not the same as having a photograph of my parents, Lee and Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle together on their wedding day. Ditto a wedding photo of my paternal grandparents, Gust and Beulah (Gerner) Doyle, except in their case I have no description. If a wedding photo ever existed it's a likely possibility that Gust's second wife would have destroyed it. I have no wedding photo of Robert and Emma (Bickerstaff) Meinzen, or of most of my other ancestors. Does some other descendant have photos to share? I'm wishing!
- My great-grandmothers' kitchen. I would love to see how their kitchens were arranged, the appliances they used, how they organized their storage, dishes, utensils. I think it would be fun to have a photo of Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen, Mary (Thompson) Bickerstaff, Tressa (Froman) Doyle, and Elvira (Bartley) Gerner in their kitchens. Likewise, I would be thrilled to find photos of their husbands, Henry Meinzen, Jesse Bickerstaff, William Doyle, and Fred Gerner, at work.
- One of our catches after a very successful fishing trip to to Mosquito Lake. Several times we caught so many fish it look longer to clean and fillet them than to drive to the lake, catch the fish, and drive home. Without the photo it's just an unbelievable fish story.
Do you have a Wishful Wednesday list?


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DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co is recalling about 225,300 SUVs and minivans in the United States and Canada to replace a part that if not operating could allow the driver to shift out of park without depressing the brake pedal.
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He says these events will be 'phased in' next season.
World Snooker Limited has entered into a new partnership with IMG, the leading sports, entertainment and media company.
They say they will "will work closely with independent promoters worldwide in the planning of the World Snooker Tour and replicate the success of established tournaments in the UK and China."
Walker said: "We have brought forward today's announcement of the proposed World Snooker Tour in response to misleading, inaccurate and downright untruthful comments about the sport which have been made in the past few months. In the last five years, the sport has progressed from an uncertain financial position with a history of turmoil, to a sport with financial stability, renewed long-term worldwide broadcast contracts and new sponsorship agreements.
"Together with IMG we believe the time is now right to build on these underlying strengths to put in place a World Snooker Tour. We hope the players and promoters will recognise the opportunities of being part of this ambitious plan and help in bringing it to fruition."
Bearing in mind there are only six ranking events currently scheduled for this season, it will mean a 150% increase if 15 – a minimum figure, remember – take place next season.
However, I welcome World Snooker's partnership with IMG. Many will wonder why they didn't enter into such an arrangement five, ten or even 15 years ago.
IMG are, after all, world leaders in television production and distribution, although they are no longer World Snooker's sponsorship agents.
If snooker does – at long last – become a global sport in the manner of golf and tennis as a result of this arrangement then it will be the most significant development in the professional game since the televised circuit as we know it was established in the early 1980s.
But, interestingly, the official press release does not make any mention of the deal being off if Walker is voted out as chairman.
And World Snooker hasn't announced a new tour, they've announced 'plans' for a new tour. They say the 'intention' is to put on these events, that they 'envisage' 15 ranking tournaments and that it's 'anticipated' the events will be phased in next season.
What this tells us is that this is a plan – potentially a very good one – but I remember Walker announcing 'plans' for an Asian Tour of China, Thailand and Macao and only the Chinese event went ahead.
I guess time, as ever, will tell as to whether this latest 'plan' leads to snooker becoming the professional sport we all want to see. If it does then Walker can remain chairman forever as far as I'm concerned.
But the more pertinent question right now is this: will today's announcement be sufficient to keep him in his job by this time next week?
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Talk is cheap.
- 12:20 pm
I'm not negative about this if it comes true, on the contrary, it would be great ... but I have my doubts. Especially when considering the timing of the announcement.
It's not that simple to put that into place.
Think about it, a season with some 15 ranking events plus some invitationals would be very "full". You can't do that with the current structure of qualifiers and the current number of players. Also, if it's going the way tennis is organised that means that except for a few majors the current system of making the all ranking tournaments defacto "mandatory" will go. There's no way the guys will sustain that rythm especially if it involves a lot of traveling. It asks for a hell of a lot of organisational changes, for drastic changes in the qualifying/ranking system and it will ask for cashflow as well.
I can't see a body that needs months (ans sometimes years) to run simple hearing procedures doing all this within the next 6 months...
- 12:34 pm
This would be great indeed, but the cynic tells me this is just too coincidental to be true. How do you keep big news last this on the qt?
Did you know Dave that World Snooker were in negotiations with IMG on this?
I genuinely hope this is true, but I have my doubts.
- 1:01 pm
- youtubeviduploader said...
Have you seen news on 110sport.tv? Does this mean it'll also be shown in betting shops and on betting websites?
- 1:04 pm
Are there no depths Rodney Walker won't stoop to? Snooker is not in a stronger position than five years ago - events are dropping like flies, most of the new sponsors have quit before their contracts have ended, players are openly complaining about the organisation....
And now he basically tries to bribe people into letting him stay as chairman with a bunch of half-baked ideas and probably-empty promises. How will they find time for 15 events and their qualifying in a single year, especially with the Premier League taking up most weeks between September and December? (Remember the farcical situation of the Bahrain event being set to clash witht he Premier League, thus excluding four top players and leaving them with no ranking points, through no fault of their own?) How will nine new events be funded, when existing events are now struggling? Which independent promotors have expressed any interest?
- 1:15 pm
World Snooker is organising 7 rankers this year (7th TBC) + the masters + the 5 pro-challenge events.
If WS awarded points for all of these they would already have a tour with 13 ranking tournaments.
- 1:27 pm
If World Snooker really do 15 ranking events in a year then great -but -I think it would be better run by Barry Hearn than Sir Rodney.
It's all a bit odd though. I remember reading a few months ago that WBSA/World Snooker made 10% pay cuts across all of their staff and made a number of their employees redundant. Is that right Dave?
How come all of a sudden they have the money to run all these extra tournaments -only months after the desparation of cutting costs so dramatically! What have I missed?
- 1:28 pm
Walker's just trying to buy himself some time with this announcement what with the imminent EGM next week. It's a good publicity stunt to gain cheap votes from gullable voting players. But we've all heard promises like this before from him. Every player voting should give their head a shake if they even consider electing him back in.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE step forward Mr Hearn and put this freeloader out of his (and our) misery
- 1:33 pm
- Dave H said...
'Bribe' is too strong a word. The players still have a choice next week and, as I say above, there is no indication that Walker's exit would make any difference to the IMG deal.
- 1:36 pm
Hopefully this will be the nail in Hearns coffin. I wish people wouldn't look to him as some sort of messiah. Snooker doesn't need him.
- 1:40 pm
Now the WSA have problems with sponsors and usually they want make a new tournament.
From where comes the money for this idee??
Perhups it is a clever move from Rodney Walker for the vote for him.
Mr. Walker thinks the poeple are so stupid
that they not see this ???
- 2:01 pm
After the Bahrain date crush last year, many people said that Walker should be out, but then he was safely state there.
- 2:36 pm
I agree with anonymous 1:28
great news for WPBSA whoever runs it and it's gotta be better run by Hearn than Walker
- 2:40 pm
I just hope this proposal includes Europe, an area ignored for too long.
By announcing this, Walker has really put his neck on the line. If it doesn't happen then even he won't be able to justify his existence.
- 2:49 pm
I hope all the Rodney Walker doubters are now eating a large slice of humble pie while drafting their letters of apology. RW knows what he is doing and he will deliver - it's such a pity that this good news is met with the usual derision from people with nothing constructive to say.
- 3:00 pm
- jamie brannon said...
I dont want to be cynical, but has Walker ever backed up his fanciful promises? The game is not stronger looking from the outside we need more events quickly and surely if they had accepted the altium proposal the game would be in a better state.
- 3:30 pm
1:40pm So you think Walker is doing a great job do you please explain where? Hopefully this spin Walker has put out will be the nail in his coffin. You just couldn't make this statement up, he must be a really worried so and so.
- 3:56 pm
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Dear Dave
This offer by Sir, really is worth casting a vote for, it really does sound convincing Dave. I didn't see him blink once when he said it. What happened to that other firm he contracted with last week, surely they haven't withdrawn without a "Hand out" and who brought in the pie people?
Is there a clause in Sir's contract that he is "fireproof" or pension proof after the next signing date? Sir has been so straight with the membership over sponsors in the past that I am sure Sir and the board would offer "A Scouts Honour" and a "Dib Dib Dib in writing. Mr hey you
- 4:02 pm
As someone who has been fairly closely involved with the professional game for 13 years, I can tell everyone with absolute certainty that this is all complete guff.
As Dave says, almost five years ago they announced plans for ranking events in China, Thailand and Macau and only China happened. And that was already back on the calendar by then anyway - indeed that infamous announcement was made just after Ding had won the 2005 China Open.
In 2004 I attended a press conference at Wembley where we were told there would be a tournament in Brazil later that year.
A few years later I interviewed Rodney Walker on the day of the world final when he said the plan was to have ten ranking events within a couple of seasons. He also said that even in the very next season after the one that was just finishing, there would be an increase of at least 25% in prize money.
Somewhere in between, they released a season calendar which included ranking events in the Netherlands and Dubai.
None of these things ever happened. Instead we've gone backwards, and would have gone even further backwards had it not been for the Chinese boom which had very little to do with World Snooker. Indeed during the years when it was taking off, they dropped China from their calendar for two consecutive seasons.
All of these failures to deliver. The Million Dollar Challenge in South Africa which never happened. The ranking event in Egypt which never happened. And now, like some mad east European dictator making one last desperate bid to cling to power, they come out with this garbage about suddenly finding nine new ranking events between now and a season which begins in about nine months' time.
And not just tournaments, but tournaments which "replicate the success" of the existing ones.
They claim there have been "misleading, inaccurate and downright untruthful comments" about the sport in recent months.
What were these? Matthew Syed's entirely accurate expose on the vast quantities of money being taken out of the game by Rodney Walker? My entirely legitimate questions to Lee Doyle on the BBC's State of Snooker programme?
If any of these criticisms were "misleading, inaccurate and downright untruthful", why could Doyle offer no coherent defence to any of them when Matthew and I confronted him on the BBC programme?
In the very next sentence after their claim about people being untruthful, they make claims of:
* Financial stability (what barometer are they judging that by, apart from their usual one of what it suits them to say?
* New sponsorship agreements over the last five years (Betfred? Pukka Pies? They sponsor tournaments which already had sponsors five years ago, so how is this some great sign of progress?)
* Moving on from the turmoil of the past (as you can see, all is harmony and accord now).
They go on to say they "believe the time is now right to build".
The game has been letting vast reservoirs of potential go untapped for years and years and years and years, because of what Clive Everton regularly describes as "incompetence, mismanagement and worse".
Anyone who knows about these things can tell you about all the great work that could have been happening to advance the progress of snooker in all sorts of ways for many years now, but the people who should be doing this work have been sitting on their hands, counting their expenses and bonus payments, and picking petty fights with anyone who dares to highlight what a waste of time they are.
And now, for some reason which they don't quite make clear, suddenly "the time is now right" to start doing it. Six days before a vote which will hopefully see them booted out, a vote which might well be snooker's last chance to give itself a future.
Anyone who cares about snooker must now hope that the players, who have the final say in all of this, have enough intelligence not to fall for it.
- 4:34 pm
Could 4:34PM's post be delivered to all player's involved in next week's ballot.
- 4:50 pm
If Sir Rodney does deliver on his promise, Snooker Scene will actually have to fill its pages with...er...snooker!
- 5:53 pm
- stuartfanning said...
Sir Rodney is proving once again he knows how to manipulate the players. They are a craven lot as they have proved in the past, so this will be enough to save Sir Rodney's job.
- 6:04 pm
worldsnooker.com STEVE DAVIS backs the board on new tour ! Whats going on !
- 6:10 pm
5:53pm of course Rodney will deliver has he ever broken any promises before?
- 6:18 pm
And now Davis has come out and backed the plans, what the hell is going on now, where does the SPA stand now???
- 6:18 pm
- Dave H said...
The plot doesn't so much thicken as congeal
- 6:19 pm
I can think of a certain James Hunt quote that goes well right now, but I cant say it here.
- 6:56 pm
Davis backed the plan, not the incumbent.
For what I have heard the vote will be much closer than people think, apparently there are 41 no's at the moment, over 20 of those are confirmed with slips.
- 7:09 pm
Hi Dave,
Isn't Steve Davis Chairman of the SPA?
Also, where does the consultant company the WSA employed to get sponsors figure in this new deal?
All sponsors areined up then for these 'new' tournaments. Or are they being 'phased in' as well.
"It's been emotional," Mr Walker!
Thanks, Joe
- 7:22 pm
What's Jamie Brannon's take on all of this, he's the big player in the media world, his word's not mine.
- 7:24 pm
Barry Hearn should throw a spanner in the works by informing the players that anyone voting for SRW will not be a wild card selection for next years Premier League. I wonder what 110 players and the likes of Ding will think then as I dont see why Mr Hearn should automatically pick them if they are not supportive of him as their chairman.
- 7:30 pm
Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A secret is wasted if not shared.
Dear David
I hope lad you realise that Sir cannot possible loose even if he is voted out! Sir will be able to say "I told you so"; in a few months or at the best a year and then the game as a sport will collapse.
Be honest with yourself; snooker will never survive with sponsors, the professional game needs to be subsidised and only "Bookies, the Government or the Lottery can do that.
Professional Snooker has THRIVED for twenty five years on Tobacco money, and existed for the last five years only on mere sponsorships that's now disappeared
Snooker as a game is wonderful Dave, but only to us snooker addicts that were hood winked by the tobacco money. We actually thought we were giving value for money. The WPBSA charged only for finals or latter stages, no one questioned any snooker returns.
Sir Rodney is right about inefficient management. The WPBSA had a little rota system for many years called "Whose turn next" for chairman. The game and the books were hazy with tobacco money. Mr hey you
- 7:41 pm
Hi Dave
I've been follwing debate on Snooker 606 for many years, and although there are some great posters such as:
There are also some dojy ones like
606 Seifer
What you make of them?
- 7:45 pm
Rodney by name, and Del Boy by nature. If he can't answer these questions now...
- exactly when and where will these events take place?
- what will the prize money be, and where will it come from?
- will every pro take part?
- will there be tv coverage? If yes, name the broadcasters who've commited themselves to it.
... then he's an even bigger conman than I thought. He's done naff all to advance the game in 6 years, and now, when his job's on the line, he delivers this - but with precious few details. If the players vote for this - without getting the answers to these questions in writing first - and reject someone who's PROVED he can grow a sport that was on its knees - then they only have themselves to blame.
Better still, if Sir Rodders cares about the sport that much then he can tell the players that they can have their 15 events, and he's standing aside to let Barry Hearn run them. No-one would doubt his integrity then.
- 7:58 pm
Steve Davis coming out in support. To me that speaks volumes.
What a day!
- 7:59 pm
Do you know anything about Steve Davis going on radio early tomorrow morning to counter the comments on WSA site.
- 11:06 pm
- Dave H said...
No I don't but I'm told we'll hear plenty about this tomorrow
- 11:48 pm
I remain deeply sceptical about this announcement.
We've heard it all before and particularly when there's an election looming.
These announcements smacks of WSA taking the template that SPA had already outlined.
They're telling players what they want to hear.
Also does this grand plan open up the game for more players to participate in a world tour or just the 96 existing pros on WSA membership?
The SPA option would have enfrachised every player not just the 96.
If WSA plan does go ahead it could suck out any funds available for the nations and regions to provide events for the vast bulk of the players on this planet.
Amazing that one day after Igor did well in the IBSF Champs that Brazil is now mentioned again.
- 5:41 am
Maybe we all read it wrong.
"During the next 3 years he hopes to have 15 to 20 ore maybe more events ..."
That means to me not more than they have at the moment.
He is a politician.
Before election they tell you what you like to hear and after the election nothing happens or it is not possible cause there is no money.
Steve said this is a great plan and he is right in doing that.
But he is intelligent enough that he knows that it is only a plan and not waht would happen.
- 6:52 am
Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A Secret is wasted if not shared
Hi Dave
Thanks lad for showing my posts! You must be under pressure being both censor and doing the referee job as well.
There seems to be some confusing concerning Steve Davis the games first SPA President, maybe it was wrong of Steve to accept this "Chain of Honour" before the final vote as one "Camp" will have egg on there face.
The games creditablity will be boosted shortly with a Sir Steve or a Sir Stephen knighthood; but not both and both Scotland and England have drawn swords.
Forgetting politics and engaging facts Dave! Snookers only one Sponsored tournament I think was the big white loveable dog. Every other tournament was subsidised partly by Tobacco companies but using the innocence of sponsorship.
The people that want to run W/S should first show there OWN money up front. The game has always been a milking cow and never once has shown a profit margin. Mr hey you
- 11:40 am
Plenty of Sir Walker sycophants have emerged. Or maybe it's the same one.
I am "pleased" to notice that there is absolutely no difference between political mores. Same bombastic promises just before election time.
Hearn is not snooker's Messiah. He's not just a naughty boy, either.;) He is a brilliant businessman with the Midas touch.
- 4:53 pm
Ah yes. I used to enjoy those Mercantile Credit, Fidelity Unit Trusts, Car Care Plan, MIM Britannia, Anglian Windows, Pearl Assurance, Wickes Home Improvement, Lada, Wilson's, Skoda, Liverpool Victoria, Royal Liver Assurance, Maplin, Saga, Travis Perkins, Royal London Watches, British Car Rental, Fersina Windows, StormSeal, Goya, BCE and Sweater Shop cigarettes. Great tobacco brands all of them.
What is this guy's problem?
- 11:37 pm


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